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Girls of Riyadh

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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149 kr

Gamrah’s faith in her new husband is not exactly returned …Sadeem is a little too willing to please her fiancé …Michelle is half-American and the wrong class for her boyfriend’s family …While Lamees works hard with little time for love.The girls of Riyadh are young, attractive and living by Saudi Arabia’s strict cultural traditions. Well, not quite. In-between sneaking out behind their parents’ backs, dating, shopping, watching American TV and having fun, they’re still trying to be good little Muslim girls. That is, pleasing their families and their men.But can you be a twenty-first century girl and a Saudi girl?

Girls of Riyadh

AvRajaa Alsanea

E-bok

Engelska, 2008

100 kr

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Saudi Arabia - where marriages are arranged and there are no cinemas or parties to go to, where social life consists of trying to keep girls and boys apart rather than put them together. But as Rajaa Alsanea reveals in this absorbing novel, that's not the whole story: determination, mobile phones and the internet have made life easier for young Saudis, and the four girls in this novel are all finding romance even though mostly it goes badly wrong. Girls of Riyadh captures the trials and tribulations of a middle-class society quite unlike our own and blows the lid off all our preconceptions of Arab life.

Girls of Riyadh

AvRajaa Alsanea

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

149 kr

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Girls of Riyadh

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation

AvRajaa Alsanea

Ljudbok

Engelska, 2025

188 kr

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Can you be a 21st century woman and a Saudi woman? Four friends come of age and look for love in a changing world.Follow the social, romantic, and sexual tribulations of four young women in elite Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Based on Rajaa Alsanea's explosive novel that shook the Middle East, this full-cast dramatisation is a powerful, moving and, at times, funny story of being a young woman experiencing life between two very different worlds. In between dating, shopping, drinking, dancing and having fun, the girls of Riyadh live by Saudi Arabia's strict cultural traditions. Well, not quite... They're still trying to be good Muslims and please their families. Their lives become a social experiment that brings into question what it means to be a good Muslim, a good daughter and a good friend - even when you are worlds apart. Gamrah, Sadeem, Lamees and Michelle are the best of friends and have all dreamt of romance since they were young. Wanting a change from the strict rules of Saudi life, Gamrah embarks on married life a long way from home, but will Chicago make her happy? Sadeem, suffering the shame and injustice of a rejected proposal, flees to London to recover and meets the mysterious Firas. Is he the one she is looking for? Michelle is torn: she loves Faisal, but his conservative mother is proving an impediment to their marriage. Lamees, however, has a plan - and she is not going to share the same fate as her friends. The girls of Riyadh are hopeful, but will their hopes be dashed? Originally released in Arabic in 2005, Rajaa Alsanea's novel was immediately banned in Saudi Arabia due to the controversial and inflammatory content. Black-market copies were secretly exchanged, and the daring originality of Girls of Riyadh created a firestorm all over the Muslim world, spreading far beyond the Middle East. This powerful dramatisation of a seminal work by a Saudi woman tells the story of globe-trotting women trying to reconcile their traditional Arabic customs with life in a Western society. An engaging listen that resonates today just as much as when it was first released. Cast and creditsWritten by Rajaa AlsaneaDramatised by Claudine ToutoungiDirected by Emma HardingGamrah - Lara SawalhaSadeem - Laila AljMichelle - Jasmine JonesLamees - Nyla LevyFaisal - Ikky ElyasRashid - Elham EhsasFiras - Moe Bar-ElPilot/ Bookseller - Ian ConninghamTara - Sinead MacInnesFirst Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17th - 21st February 2000(c)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd